XXY
Available to download or to rent/buy on DVD from 15th September 2008
Winner of numerous awards, including the coveted Critics’ Week Grand Prize at Cannes and the Best New Director Award at Edinburgh, the much lauded XXY will make its DVD debut on September 15. The first film of Argentinian writer/director Lucia Puenzo, XXY will be available to rent/buy or download through Petit Péché (A division of Peccadillo Pictures).
On the face of things, sixteen year old Alex (Ines Efron) is a typical teenager: in trouble at school, defying her parents and exploring her sexuality. But it soon becomes apparent that Alex has an additional emotional problem to contend with – although she appears female to look at, Alex was born a hermaphrodite.
Her family have moved to a remote fishing village in Uruguay to protect her but, as she begins to develop sexually, they find themselves faced with some difficult choices. Years of taking tablets to control her condition are beginning to take their toll, and the time has arrived when they must to decide whether she should have a major operation, and which way it should go.
Things come to a head when Alex’s mother (Valeria Bertuchelli) invites her friend who is also a plastic surgeon skilled in sex change operations to stay, bringing with him his wife and their fifteen year old son. Alex’s father (Ricardo Darin) is initially blissfully unaware of his wife’s hopes of ‘normalising’ their daughter, and as events unfold, the two families come into conflict. Tensions mounts as Alex seeks to explore her confused sexuality with the surgeon’s son Alvaro (Martín Piroyansky), and things reach a crisis point as her condition becomes a matter for scandal in their remote community.
With extraordinary performances by Ines Efron, Ricardo Darin and Martin Piroyanski, XXY is a beautifully observed and moving story that unfolds with countless twists and turns, and will appeal to anyone who likes to seek out films that defy all expectations.
An emotional well written and courageous film – Pink UK
Unexpected and wonderfully thoughtful – The Guardian
A terrific flash of Argentine magic... the twists would delight Almodovar – The Times
The most original coming-of-age drama you'll see this year.' – Empire
The best gender-confusion movie since Boys Don't Cry' – The London Paper
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Running Time: 86 mins approx
Certificate: 15 mins (tbc)
RRP: £17.99
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Widescreen 16x 9 Anamorphic widescreen
Extras Interview with Ines and Martin; Sketches and pictures drawn by Ines and Martin during the shooting of XXY.
A Touch of Pink
Available to download or to rent/buy on DVD from 11th February 2008
Playing it straight is about to get complicated in the fabulous screwball comedy
A Touch of Pink starring heartthrobs Jimi Mistry and Kyle MacLachlan. A Touch of
Pink will be available to buy on DVD for the first time from 11th February 2008.
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Alim (Jimi Mistry, THE GURU), is a young Ismaili Canadian, now living in London,
who is so caught up in the romance, style and dreams of the old movies that he has
adopted the spirit of Cary Grant (Kyle MacLachlan, SEX IN THE CITY, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES)
as his lifestyle advisor. Whilst Cary freely gossips about his defunct co-stars
and offers sartorial tips, Alim is enjoying a hot romance with his new sexy boyfriend
Giles (Kristen Holden-Ried, THE TUDORS). But his life of leisure and pleasure begins
to unravel when his mother Nuru (Suleka Mathew, MEN IN TREES) shows up. She has
come to London to find Alim a proper Ismaili-Muslim girlfriend and to convince him
to return to Canada and join the family for his cousin's spectacular wedding. Once
in Toronto, Alim's different worlds begin to collide and he has to choose between
his fantasy life with Cary, his family and the earthier pleasures of real life with
his man.
Paying homage to the Cary Grant and Doris Day movies of the late '50s and early
'60s, A Touch of Pink is 'A clever and big hearted screwball comedy' New York Post.
"Funny but intertaining film" - pinkuk.com
"A piece of eye candy that's irresistible" - San Francisco Chronicle
"A touch of movie magic" - Hollywood Reporter
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Avril
Available to download or to rent/buy on DVD from 5th May 2008
Synopsis
When Avril is given the chance to explore the world outside her Trappistine
convent before taking her vows, she immediately accepts, mostly because she wants
to meet her fraternal brother with whom she was separated at birth. An attractive,
friendly man offers to give Avril a lift, and the pair eventually come across her
brother David, and his boyfriend, Jim, at a beachfront retreat. The unlikely foursome
form a tight bond during a secular vacation by the coast, spending their days frolicking
in the surf, dancing in the moonlight and getting merry with bottles of calvados.
Before long, Avril must return to the lifestyle she left behind, but not before
putting attempting to convince her fellow nuns that the world outside is not the
fearsome place they had her believe.
Running Time: 93 mins approx Certificate: 15 - RRP: £17.99 Release Date: May 5th
2008 Extras: Making Of, 2 Short Films CATALOG NUMBER: PPD139 .
"A pleasingly peculiar blend of sacred and profane" - Variety
"Beguilingly sly, unexpectedly sensuous" - Neil Young - Jigsaw Lounge
For further information please contact Peccadillo Pictures:
simon@peccadillopictures.com
Keillers Park
Available to download or to rent/buy on DVD from 12th May 2008
Synopsis
Peter has it all: a wife and children who love him dearly, a comfortable home and
a successful career. His father assigns all his wealth and the company he spent
years building up to Peter, the son he is proud to call his own.
Whilst travelling
in the local tram one day, Peter rings the bell so that flamboyant newspaper vendor
Nassim can board. The two men have never met before, yet when their eyes meet a
spark is ignited. Peter, afraid that the homosexual desires he has struggled to
suppress for so long may boil to the surface, immediately exits the tram. Another
chance encounter with Nassim in the town centre confirms that their meeting each
other was fate. Uncomfortable with the pangs of genuine sexual attraction, yet eager
to explore them further with this stranger, Peter eventually decides to meet Nassim
on a park bench in the picturesque Keillers Park. They fall in love almost instantly.
However, those around Peter abhor this newfound relationship. His wife divorces
him and takes the children. His father and sister disown him and he loses his job.
And while the joys of the gay scene and an exuberant nightlife provide short-term
excitement for the pair, the fate of their meeting one another seems equally intent
on tearing them apart, with tragic results.
Extras: Trailer, Certificate: TBC, CATALOG NUMBER: PPD140, RUNNING TIME: 90MINS.
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Chok – Dee The Kickboxer
Available to download or to rent/buy on DVD from 26th May 2008
Synopsis
Dida Diafat, a French born boxing champion, plays Ryan in an action packed story
based on his own life experiences as the first Westerner to win the Thai kickboxing
championships. Ryan is a rebellious punk whose time in prison is about to come to
an end. During his time behind bars, he was taught the deadly art of Thai boxing
by fellow con Jean. The action hurtles between Paris and Bangkok as Ryan attempts
to train as a professional boxer. However as a foreigner, Thai athletes treat him
as an outsider to this highly respected sport. Despite this, he proves his worth
through intensive training and sheer determination to show that even a Westerner
can compete. Along the way he meets Kim, Jean’s long lost daughter who takes a shine
to him, and a variety of ruffians and criminals who threaten to derail his commitment
to the sport. A gripping true-life story that follows the rise of a jailbird thug
to world renowned boxer, ‘Chok Dee’ is an action-packed fight fest where throwing
in the towel is not an option.
DVD will have dubbed and subtitled options RUNNING TIME: 105MINS RRP = £17.99.
For further information please contact Peccadillo Pictures:
simon@peccadillopictures.com